No doctor notes: Tennessee school district wants ill children to attend school
A school district in Tennessee says it will no longer accept doctors' notes to excuse absenses. Children in Lawrence County School System who are sick for more than a few days will be treated as truants. More than 17.5 days and they will be failed "regardless of the academic grade earned" and "shall attend summer school at his/her expense."
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